Gen, Liu Wen-tao, in an interview ied by the "Berliner Tagebreferred to the recent inter-which Japanese Minister of [War Gen. Araki, had granted that journal's special correspondent in had invariably. expressed her readiness to' submit the questions at issue to the Hague International Court of Justice or to arbitration, bat the Japanese mili-farists and imperialists had refused to seek a peaceful and just solution satisfactory. to. both parties.
The Japanese, Gen. Lin _em-Iphasised, were always speaking of the immense amount of capital invested by. them in" Manchuria, but international capital was invested all-over the world, including Japan herself. "Woald this fact jastty claim by foreign investors on Japanese territory?
"He emphatically denied the allegation that the Chinese Government people were hostile to foreigners hough it was, so. he concluded, comprehensible that the nationals of Powers which illegally invade. Chinese territory or which endeavour to obtain by force special privileges, leannot expect to enjoy any particu:
sympathy from the. people of (China.—Trans-Ocean Kuo' Sin.
CER, and Safety of Passengers Harbin, Aug. 19.
It is understood to-day that the Jauthorities of the Chinese Eastern Railway have announced that they: Jcannot be held responsible for either passengers travelling on the line or} baggage transported by the railway, lowing to the present activities of
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